After the excitement of their previous meeting and the resignation of one of their now former members, the STC Board of Education reconvened for their second monthly meeting on Monday night. With a slate of run of the mill agenda items, the meeting was dominated by presentations. First, Dan ...
A Tama native and Air Force veteran who was taken as a prisoner of war in Vietnam after flying a bombing mission over Hanoi in 1972 was honored as the University of Iowa’s “Military Hero of the Game” during last Saturday’s win over Northwestern. Duane Vavroch, who was released from ...
TOLEDO - Fall is here so mark those calendars. On Nov. 5 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., the library will host its annual Fall Soup Luncheon. Stop by for a warm bowl of soup and a delicious treat. This is a free will donation luncheon to help support the library foundation. Everyone is welcome.
CEDAR RAPIDS - Kirkwood Community College has released its Dean's List for the summer 2024 semester. These students have achieved a 3.3 grade point average or higher after completing 12 or more credit hours at the college. Kirkwood students from the area earning this distinction are: Jonathon ...
CONRAD - The Mid-Iowa Youth Beef Team took a field trip to the Steckelberg Veterinary Clinic for its October 5, 2024, meeting. Dr. Kurt Steckelberg, DVM, served as the host. He kicked off the tour sharing that Steckelberg’s is a multi-generational veterinarian clinic that was originally ...
Ever since Kory Staff first started working as a middle school science teacher at South Tama County 24 years ago, he’s been taking seventh graders on an annual tour of the Corteva (formerly Pioneer) seed corn facility just a few blocks down the road to the west in Toledo. It’s become such a ...
Ahead of the Nov. 5 election, Tama-Grundy Publishing correspondent Michael Davis sent questionnaires to all the candidates running for the Tama County Board of Supervisors. This week we feature our final set of responses: David Turner who is running unopposed for District 2 as a Republican. ...
Tama-Toledo is made up of several great institutions, but few have been more vital to the community than Fareway. The one store that has long outlasted the rest, serving and employing generations of local residents. However, regular Fareway visits may be a little somber for a while as one ...
TOLEDO – It may be ‘October’ but news that Mark Doland, Republican nominee for Tama County Supervisor District 4, previously resigned from his position as a Mahaska County supervisor will be no ‘surprise’ to many. In a letter to the editor printing this week (page 4), Tama County ...
Cindy Steuhm of Tama is seeking answers on an incident of vandalism at the memorial dedicated to her parents, Doug and Lou Ray, near the trail around Cherry Lake. Steuhm shared the following statement with the News Chronicle. “On Friday night, Oct. 11 our memorial for our parents at the ...